Manusmriti [sanskrit]

by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 23,875 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553

This is the Sanskrit text of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of verses dealing with ‘Dharma-Shastra’—the ancient Indian science of Law, Spritual life, Politics and Ethics.. The edition of this text is based on Ganganatha Jha’s translation of the same text.

Verse 8.17

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एक एव सुहृद्धर्मो निधानेऽप्यनुयाति यः ।
शरीरेण समं नाशं सर्वमन्यद् हि गच्छति ॥ १७ ॥

eka eva suhṛddharmo nidhāne'pyanuyāti yaḥ |
śarīreṇa samaṃ nāśaṃ sarvamanyad hi gacchati || 17 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.17 is contained in the book Manusmrti (Sanskrit and English) by Ganganath Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (8.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eka, Eva, Suhrid, Nidhana, Api, Apya, Anuya, Ati, Yah, Sharira, Samam, Sama, Nasha, Sarvam, Sarva, Ani, Anya, Gacchat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.17). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “eka eva suhṛddharmo nidhāne'pyanuyāti yaḥ ”
eka* -
eka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
suhṛddh -
suhṛd (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

suhṛd (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
harmo -
nidhāne' -
nidhāna (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

nidhāna (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

nidhānā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
anuyā -
anuyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ati -
ati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

ati (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śarīreṇa samaṃ nāśaṃ sarvamanyad hi gacchati ”
śarīreṇa -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
samam -
samam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

samā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nāśam -
nāśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

√naś -> nāśam (absolutive)

[absolutive from √naś]

√naś -> nāśam (absolutive)

[absolutive from √naś]
sarvam -
sarvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
anya -
ani (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

anī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

anya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√an -> anya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √an]
ad -
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
gacchati -
gacchat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gacchat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√gam (verb class 1)

[present active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023